Wind Meter

Drives the wind from a connected wind meter (Calypso ultrasonic or WeatherFlow WEATHERmeter). It writes into the same wind state as Wind Input, so the dial and every wind-dependent solve follow along.

Usage

• Add from the palette. Until a meter is connected it shows a prompt; the header tag shows the connected device name (or No meter).
• Pick a mode with the MAN / CAPT / LIVE toggle (the accent outline marks the active one):
  • MAN — the meter is ignored; the hand-entered wind stands. The current LOW/HIGH and direction are shown for reference.
  • CAPT — tap Start Capture, hold the meter to the wind, then Stop Capture; the min over that period becomes LOW, the max HIGH, and the mean feeds direction. A running readout shows while capturing, and the captured values stay on screen afterwards.
  • LIVE — the reading collapses the band to a single value and drives the direction (the default when a meter connects).
• With Wind input set to Single (see Wind Input), a captured bracket reads as its high (gust) value; Live is unaffected, as it already writes one value.

Battery

• To save battery, an idle Live reading is pushed into the solve only once per interval; the last-update time is shown below the readout.
• Configurable (gear): Live update every sets that interval — 15 s, 30 s, 1, 2, 5, 10 or 30 min. The default is 5 minutes. Shorter is fresher but drains the meter and phone battery faster.
• While a capture is running here, or a Wind Chart recording is active, Live updates on every reading instead, whatever the interval.

Output

• Feeds Wind Drift, the Wind Chart, and the wind envelope on the Trajectory Chart via the shared wind state.